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Patented June 14, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KARMELL BROOKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MATTRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 364,797, dated June 14, 1887.

Application filed D( ccmber 30, 1F86. Serial No. 223,036. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.- Be it known that I, KARMELL BROOKS, o the city,-county, and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mattresses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in mattresses, and has for its object to render the same impervious to cold.

The invention consists in providing a mattress with a permanent or detachable covering of nonheat-conducting material, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

VFigure 1 is a perspective view of a mattress having my improvement attached, and Fig. 2 a perspective View of another means for attaching myimprovement to the mattress. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through a non-heatconducting covering.

It is found advantageous in many instances to construct mattresses very thin, as a matter of economy of space and material. When thus constructed, it is found that the cold readily penetrates the mattress, more especially when used in connection with metallic springs or bed-frames, greatly to the injury and discomfort of the sleeper.

I aim by my invention to provide a means whereby a thin mattress may be used with comfort and safety, and the cold from drafts or other causes be prevented from penetrating the same. 'Io that end I cut a strip, corresponding in dimensions to the length and breadth ofthe mattress,of non-heatconducting material,A,such as thick paper,havinga linen or other equivalent backing, as illustrated in Fig. 2, felt, rubber, or similar material hav-V ing non conducting qualities, and detachably attach said strip to the bottom or under side of a mattress. This I accomplish by forming uponthe sides of the mattress a one or more loops,B,sliding the non-conducting strip A beneath the same, as shown in Fig. 1, or I may dispense with the loops B, and attach to the strip A by buttoning small loops b,secu red Vto the edges of the strip over suitable buttons d, fastened at the edges of the mattress, or by using both forms of loops, as found desirable. Vhen the mattress is turned, the nonecond ucting` strips A may be withdrawn Vand entered upon the other side, or in warm weather the between the filling of the mattress and thev ticking, upon one .or both sides. 1 I preferably,howcver, make the adj ustahle attachment shown.

I am aware that bedcoverings have been manufactured in which paper and other nonheat-condncting material have been used as a base portion of the quilting or batting, and I do not claim such as my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination', with a mattress, of a detachable strip of non-heat-conducting material adapted to protect the top and bottom of said mattress and held in contact therewith by a series of loops, substantially as shown and described,and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The combination, witha mattresshaving transverse loops B attached at top and bottom, of a detachable strip of non-heat-conducting material adapted to enter said loops and protect the top and bottom of said mattress, substantially as shown and described,and`for the purpose herein set forth.

KARMELL BROOKS.

Vitnesses:

J. F. AcKEn, J r., l E. M. CLARK. 

